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I have to laugh because I used the word "polish" like in polishing shoes, which I associated with Sami's "buff", and Rick associated it as "Polish" like the people from Poland, and their famous Polony sausages. Clever!
Tony, "Ton of bricks" is actually used with other words as in, "The teacher came down on me like a ton of bricks when she turned around and saw me talking in class." It is just a symbolic expression, as Rick stated about our lives, to stress the level of trouble or hassle one sometimes has. I have no idea who said it, but it probably originates from the British or where imperial tons are or were used.